DALLAS -- The loser of the Big 12 championship game between Oklahoma and Nebraska will play in the AT&T Cotton Bowl on New Year's Day, the conference announced Wednesday.
The winner of the Big 12 title game receives a Bowl Championship Series bid to the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, Ariz., on Jan. 1.
The Cotton Bowl will match the Big 12 runner-up against a team from the Southeastern Conference. Boise State is the likely opponent for the Big 12 champ in the Fiesta Bowl.
Texas A&M received an invitation to the Holiday Bowl on Wednesday to face California.
The Gator Bowl notified the Big 12 that it will wait until Sunday to choose either a Big East team or a Big 12 for its game. Texas and West Virginia appear to be the most likely options.